Multi-agent systems and autonomous agents are becoming increasingly important in current computing technology. In many applications, the agents are often asked to achieve multiple goals individually or within teams where the distribution of these goals may be negotiated among the agents. It is expected that agents should be capable of working towards achieving all its currently adopted goals co...

Nowadays, numerous processes of any supply chain are done by suppliers and consequently they cause a massive amount of pollution released to the nature. Hence, greening the suppliers has become a necessity. Although most of green supplier development programs need high investment, formal optimization models that address this issue are very rare. This paper mainly aims to address this prob...

To meet the climate and energy goals set forth by Biden Administration Paris Agreement, United States must dramatically reduce carbon emissions. Use of public lands for dioxide removal activities, including capture, utilization, storage (CCUS), has potential to advance reduction concurrently provide economic revitalization opportunities communities dependent on fossil industries. Current federa...

As yet games have not achieved the engagement factor seen in the movie industry, the holy grail for any games designer is to engage, excite and attract their players without running into the downside of addiction. There are two major factors to achieving this goal that need to be considered: Does the player “Believe” the game The emotional “roller-coaster” ride experienced by the player If thes...

As yet games have not achieved the engagement factor seen in the movie industry, the holy grail for any games designer is to engage, excite and attract their players without running into the downside of addiction. There are two major factors to achieving this goal that need to be considered: Does the player “Believe” the game The emotional “roller-coaster” ride experienced by the player If thes...

As yet games have not achieved the engagement factor seen in the movie industry, the holy grail for any games designer is to engage, excite and attract their players without running into the downside of addiction. There are two major factors to achieving this goal that need to be considered: Does the player “Believe” the game The emotional “roller-coaster” ride experienced by the player If thes...